r5n.metalvsr6in.metal

r5n.metal is 36% cheaper than r6in.metal on demand in US East (N. Virginia), saving $2,923.72 a month. Per vCPU, r5n.metal costs 15% less.

At a glancer5n.metalr6in.metal
On-demand$7.152/hr36% less$11.157/hr
Lowest rate$1.395/hrSpot, can be interrupted$1.209/hr13% lessSpot, can be interrupted
Size96 vCPUs, 768 GiB128 vCPUs, 1024 GiB
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
Architecturex86_64x86_64

Prices in US East (N. Virginia)

“Off” is the discount against each type’s own on-demand price. Linux, USD per hour.

Optionr5n.metalr6in.metalr6in.metal vs r5n.metal
On-demandPay by the hour$7.152$11.157▲ 56%
SpotCan be interrupted80% off$1.39589% off$1.209▼ 13%
1-yr reservedNo upfront37% off$4.50637% off$7.029▲ 56%
3-yr reservedNo upfront59% off$2.89760% off$4.517▲ 56%
1-yr savings planHourly commitment28% off$5.18228% off$8.083▲ 56%
3-yr savings planHourly commitment53% off$3.33753% off$5.205▲ 56%

Key differences

The biggest lead each one has.

Where r5n.metal leads
On-demand price$7.152 vs $11.157 per hour
36% cheaper
Where r6in.metal leads
EBS baseline bandwidth100,000 Mbps vs 19,000 Mbps
5.3× higher
Network baseline400 Gbps vs 100 Gbps
4× higher
Clock speed3.5 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
40% higher
Memory (GiB)1,024 vs 768
33% higher

Specs

20 of 40 specs differ. Those are in bold.

Compute5 of 10 differr5n.metalr6in.metal
vCPUs96128
Physical cores4864
Threads per core22
Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Xeon Platinum 8259 (Cascade Lake)Intel Xeon 8375C (Ice Lake)
CPU makerIntelIntel
Clock speed2.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Sustained clock3.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Processor featuresIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel TurboIntel AVX; Intel AVX2; Intel AVX512; Intel Turbo
BurstableNoNo
Memory1 of 1 differr5n.metalr6in.metal
Memory (GiB)7681,024
Networking5 of 9 differr5n.metalr6in.metal
Network100 Gigabit200000 Megabit
Network baseline100 Gbps400 Gbps
Network peak100 Gbps400 Gbps
Enhanced networkingYes (ENA)Yes (ENA)
EFAYesYes
IPv6YesYes
Max network interfaces1516
IPv4 addresses per interface5050
Network cards–2
Storage7 of 11 differr5n.metalr6in.metal
StorageEBS onlyEBS only
EBS optimizedYesYes
EBS over NVMeRequiredRequired
EBS throughput12000 Mbps100000 Mbps
EBS baseline bandwidth19,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS max bandwidth19,000 Mbps100,000 Mbps
EBS baseline throughput2,375 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS max throughput2,375 MB/s12,500 MB/s
EBS baseline IOPS80,000400,000
EBS max IOPS80,000400,000
Max EBS volumes3131
Instance details2 of 9 differr5n.metalr6in.metal
Familyr5nr6in
CategoryMemory optimizedMemory optimized
Current generationYesYes
Normalization factor192256
Bare metalYesYes
Placement groupsCluster, Partition, SpreadCluster, Partition, Spread
HibernationNoNo
Nitro EnclavesNoNo
Boot modesLegacy BIOSLegacy BIOS

On-demand prices by region

Cheapest for r5n.metal first. Linux, USD per hour.

Regionr5n.metalr6in.metalDifference
US East (N. Virginia)Used in summaryus-east-1$7.152$11.157▲ 56%
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$7.152$11.157▲ 56%
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$7.152$11.157▲ 56%
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$7.632$11.906▲ 56%
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$7.824$12.205▲ 56%
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$8.016$12.505▲ 56%
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$8.40$13.104▲ 56%
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$8.544$13.329▲ 56%
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$8.544$13.329▲ 56%
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$8.592$13.403▲ 56%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$8.688$13.553▲ 56%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$8.688$13.553▲ 56%

Keep exploring

Each type’s own page, and how it compares with others.

r5n.metalMemory optimized, r5n family
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r6in.metalMemory optimized, r6in family
r6in.metal prices and specsEvery size in the r6in family

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AWS EC2 Linux prices in USD. Monthly figures use 730 hours. Prices last updated 12 Nov 2026.